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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

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English:our knife (incl.)
Lenape:kpaxkshikanëna [ni]

Comments

/m/ is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
kpaxkshikanëna
Structure:
k-paxkshikan-ëm-nan
Meaning:
2-knife-poss-1.pl